Attachments
Introduction
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake (Center: 21.85°N, 95.95°E) struck Myanmar on Friday at 12:50 am (local time). The quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city of more than a million people. An aftershock of magnitude 6.4 (21.60°N, 95.95°E) was registered at 13:02 (local time).
In response, the CBAS and IRDR initiated emergency mapping activities in the affected areas, mainly the nighttime light and synchronize thermal infrared spectrometer (TIS) data, to support the humanitarian response. The overpass of SDGSAT-1 after the earthquake has been planned on 29 March.
This first map product is the latest image on 7 December 2024, in order to provide the background information.